通过对序列偏好的高分辨率分析揭示了本地基因DNA结合的变化
Michael F Berger1, Gwenael Badis, Andrew R Gehrke
1Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Cell
|July 1, 2008
概括
研究人员绘制了大多数小鼠家庭的DNA结合偏好,发现了65种不同的活动. 这项工作可以预测跨物种的本地主区结合点,有助于进化研究.
科学领域:
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
背景情况:
- 家庭主体是关键的DNA结合蛋白,参与发育.
- 尽管它们很重要,但它们精确的DNA序列识别模式尚未完全被理解.
- 在各个物种中保存,同居域表明它们的结合特异性具有强烈的进化选择.
研究的目的:
- 为了全面确定小鼠家庭的DNA结合偏好.
- 为了确定本地主体家族内的DNA结合活动的多样性.
- 开发一个预测模型,用于不同物种的本地主域结合点.
主要方法:
- 使用高通量测序来确定168个小鼠家庭主域与所有可能的8个基基因DNA序列的结合.
- 开发了一个计算系统来预测家庭主体结合点.
- 来自各种动物物种的同居域被推断为具有约束力的特征.
主要成果:
- 详细的DNA结合概况被生成为大多数小鼠家庭主体.
- 在小鼠家庭群中,至少发现了65种不同的DNA结合活动.
- 计算系统准确地预测了像Drosophila和C. elegans这样的进化遥远的生物体中的结合点.
- 对于大多数已知的动物宿主群来说,推断出了完整的8-mer结合特征.
结论:
- 家庭主体DNA结合特异性是丰富而复杂的,具有显著的变化.
- 序列识别变异可能有助于家庭主体的功能多样性和进化成功.
- 这项研究提供了一个高分辨率的资源,以了解家庭主域的功能和进化.
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